Dental wear in the Libben population: its functional pattern and role in the determination of adult skeletal age at death
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Modal patterns of occlusal attrition are presented for the Libben population based on a sample of 332 adult dentitions. Maxillas and mandibles were reviewed independently by seriation prior to assessment of complete dentitions. The Spearman rank order coefficient for upper and lower dentitions was.96. Wear patterns are very similar to those reported by Murphy (1959a: Am. J. Phys. Anthropol. 17:167–178) for Australian aborigines. There were no significant sexual differences in wear rate. Dental wear is concluded to be a highly reliable and important indicator of adult age at death for skeletal populations if seriation procedures are employed.
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The CT assessment of preservation status, age at death, and pathologies followed protocols published before.
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“Mild to moderate attrition of the teeth is observed: grade G in the mandibular teeth (corresponding to 35–40 years), and grade H in the maxillary teeth (corresponding to 40–50 years) (14, 15).”
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- Authors
- Lovejoy, C. O.
- Affiliations
- Kent State University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Lovejoy, C. Owen
- ORCID
- Lovejoy, C. Owen
- Venue
- American Journal of Physical Anthropology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 1985-09
- Volume
- 68
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 47-56
- ISSN
- 0002-9483 (ISSN-L)
- 1096-8644
- OpenAlex
- W2101264746
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- FWCI
- 49.60
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- American Journal of Physical Anthropology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Science Foundation
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Archeology › Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies
- Social Sciences › Anthropology › Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Paleontology › Archaeology and ancient environmental studies
- Keywords
- tooth wear, maxilla, mandible
- MeSH terms
- Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, Adolescent, Adult, Age Determination by Skeleton, Age Determination by Teeth, Age Factors, Aging, Child, Death, Dentition, Female, Humans, Indians, North American, Male, Mandible, Maxilla, Middle Aged, Ohio, Paleontology, Sex Factors, Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
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